This submission comes from James Dillard in Annapolis, MD. At 51, he's been playing drums since the age of 7 and is a self-taught drummer. His influences include Don Brewer, John Bonham, Tommy Aldridge and Scott Travis. James has a large library of self-recordings online using many of the drums featured in this post - click here to visit his sounds page.

Check out James' vintage collection! Click on the picture to enlarge.